French Fridays with Dorie: Spicy Vietnamese Chicken Noodle Soup

I may have skipped last week’s French Fridays with Dorie, but there was no way I was going to skip this week’s. I crave soup went the weather gets cool, and this Spicy Vietnamese Chicken Noodle Soup is full of flavors I love– chiles, cilantro and coconut.

There’s a lot of flavor packed into this coconut broth, as it’s infused with ginger, cilantro stems or root, coriander, star anise and peppercorns. I threw in some lime leaves and a bashed lemongrass stalk, too. I went heavy on the lime juice and fish sauce to give it extra twang. This is the kind of soup where, when you’re almost to the bottom, you set down your spoon and pick up the bowl to slurp up the rest of the broth and noodles.

Oh, and by the way, my friend Lauren and I went to one of Dorie’s book events in NYC the other night. She’s so warm and she’s truly happy to meet us. If she’s on the road near you, don’t miss her! And she’s funny, too…if this cookbook thing doesn’t work out for her (ha!), there might be a career in stand-up waiting.

Ah, you met Dorie…so nice. Your soup looks absolutely perfect. I don’t even want to think about how you got those little red dots so uniformly formed and spaced…nope, not going to think about it or I won’t make it. YUM.

I so agree, a terrific broth , full of flavors bursting in the mouth, there is never a dull moment with these!!
Love ur addition of the nuts and we did the same too for dinner, coz i had some leftover roasted flaked almonds from the tarts had baked and broken cashewnuts too, they are my all time fav!

Oh am sure meeting Dorie would be absolutely warmth filled moments and i would love to , too!!